The Past, Present, and Future of Food (1)

For most of the human existence, humans have practiced Hunting and Gathering. Men and women going around hunting all sorts of animals, eating the correct amount of food and keeping healthy. Only a few problems were the extinction of some of the animals they would hunt. otherwise, it seemed to work and fulfill their food supply. At least until agriculture was begun. Humans now could use animals to help them grow food as opposed to hunting them. Because of this, the people would no longer need to move along between different places. Now they could stay in certain places and continue to grow in population size. Communities were now able to form. From this, new vehicles were created to do man's job, for a lot less money and a lot easier.
The industrialization of food was started in the 1950s during the 'Green Revolution'. It was soon after WWII, when the deadly chemicals used as war weapons were altered to help kill off the bugs(thus, pesticides). Now because of this chemical use, the amount of varieties of food had plummeted. There was a new limit on the types of food that could be grown. Like the veggies, the animals that we eat (consisting of chickens, cows, and other big animals) were cramped into small stalls where they were treated like the Jews in the concentration camps. Except now, instead of no food, they were forced to eat lots and fatten themselves. So, in order to feed the animals, humans needed to grow more CORN, which just so happens to be 97% air (Omnivore's Dilemma). Not only do the humans need all these vegetables, but they also required meat, and they needed to be fed, so the amount of corn necessary to feed everyone was increased an incredible amount. To grow all of this food (not only corn, although corn is a huge component)not only do we need to use pesticides but we also are burning fossil fuels.
These things we are doing are so bad for mother Earth and are destroying it, leading to Global Warming and the full annihilation of the world. So, now we have a possibility of destruction of the Earth, the possibility of extinction of many animals, and not to mention PEAK OIL. What are we to do when all of our oil runs out and there is nothing we can do. If you have farms or friends/family with farms or farm land, take advantage of it and start growing.